Team's taking another crack at a fix in 9.1—aiming end of this month. We think it's more than one issue causing it, not necessarily all to do with no-fill. Very frustrating, and it has definitely taken too long, but we're hopeful about getting it with this next patch.
I get the cynicism from some Redditors on this but nobody made us do these badges. Individual devs care about these issues and Respawn leaders want to use the power of the studio to be a force for good, however small.
That’s why when we put these badges out we include a message from the devs who worked on them, so they can tell you directly why they care. Example.
Serious question:
Did you have to spend your own money on the pathy heirloom or did you hack it in for yourself?
Sometimes Respawn leadership grants us a bunch of in-game money so we can try out the content our lovely colleagues are making, but I’ve also spent like $500 in game. I think the gloves were a grant tho
u/rkrigney hi, I fourth the comment above the comment above the comment above of me
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Nice path stats 👍
Hardly ever play him but I do what the daily missions command lol
i'm not that good but THAT game was one of those where it all just clicks
GG friend
That was quick also do you guys even play test this stuff
Never happened in playtests. Computers are wild sometimes.
Hoo boy. Investigating.
First of all, great job on the new season! Shaky start but we got there in the end. Two questions that I’m sure everyone else wants to know too... 1. Will we ever see more “multiplayer” modes in the future? 2. Netflix/Amazon Prime TV series???? 🌚
Does other countries in Africa count towards the South African player base? A developer said that SA has at least 1/3 of the population of their Australian server. Does other countries in Africa play apex (South Africa NOT included) ?? Many African gamers would play apex if it had local servers like other games .
I'm personally bummed about this issue because I think our ambition is to serve players no matter where they are in the world, but the market realities and infrastructure limitations in Africa are making us fall short of our ambitions there.
It's something we're pushing to improve but we don't have imminent solutions.
Happy Cake Day rkrigney! Today is your day. Dance with fairies, ride a unicorn, swim with mermaids, and chase rainbows.
lol i f*ckin' will, ty
I get that you gotta make the game profitable, but there's gotta be a way to prevent the player from feeling cheated when they buy something. $18 (realistically $20) is a lot to ask for one cosmetic item. As the game grows, is there any potential movement towards more affordable content across the board? People want to buy these things, but it's hard to justify it or feel good about it.
A pricing question! One of the scariest of all! Our monetization guy's answer below:
Pricing is tricky and something we think about constantly. A couple of things I want to talk about here for more context:
Respawn is gameplay first - Because of that, the first goal we tried to adhere to is that gameplay isn't locked in anyway around monetization and that it doesn't feel pay-to-win. That's why Legends are grindable and Legend Tokens are generally easier to get to unlock Legends (yes, we know that has led to other challenges we have to fix...math is harder than people think and when your assumptions are wrong, it's hard to adjust). With that goal accomplished and the game not feeling pay-to-win, the other half of the equation we have to think about is how to keep the business healthy so we can keep making more Apex!
Content creation costs - As much as people think we can turn cosmetics out easily b...
Who do I need to kidnap/blackmail/sternly talk to about getting Skull Town in Arenas?
God
Hello! Are there any shop changes planned? At the very least, more frequent shop rotations would be very welcome. Additionally, more uses for the red currency would also be very welcome.
He had so many feelings about this one lol. Here's what he wrote:
We hear you and we're not happy with the rotation either, but we're also trying to manage quality of life for the team. The store was in a rough shop, but we have folks working HARD to pay off technical debt. Let's talk rotations specifically:
Operations - We manually photoshop every image and input every offer in the store. Because of this, it's a huge operational effort for the team to put more offers in the game and rotate faster. We're working on in improving our operations to make this better, but for now it's a brutal process.
Player Preferences - All players play different Legends and because of the operations challenges, it's difficult to make it relevant to everyone at the same time. For example, if you're a Bangalore player, our store rotates weekly, and it is possible you go 2-3 weeks without seeing a Bangalore offer. We know this is not a good experience...
Why are there no new recolors releasing since nearly a year? I and many others are just genuinely curious as to why all the recolors for Revenant, Loba, Rampart etc. are just sitting there ready and not released. You could just make a shop section of 2 old and 2 new recolors if you want returning ones so badly, no?
I can understand he doesnt like to deal with hate since the shop gets negative feedback quite often, so definitely understandable.
He's actually wanted to talk about this for a while. Here's what he said:
Recolors/Rethemes we do for skins take up the same creative resource, which we have a fixed resource of. They definitely take a lot less time to make, but the problem with that is developing more recolors directly takes resource away from developing brand new skins. At a high level, the trade off we have to make is making 10 recolors or one net new Legendary skin.
Our net new skins take a LOT of time to develop because there's a lot of care put into concepting to make sure they feel right for each Legend. We're still trying to get the operations and balance right between these items and it's difficult to keep up with demand.
Read moreHi Respawn. Back in Season 7 you mentioned working on audio fixes.
"Lots of progress on fixing the audio issues. 7.0 will contain a handful of fixes, as well as additional debugging to help with some of the harder to catch issues. Several other improvements being worked on now that will come just after 7.0."
As a player since release the game audio has gone from functional, to problematic (starting with silent devotions) to out right broken with S7 release as a matter of fact. It does work a lot of the time and I understand there is a lot going on.
However with those things said playing the game now in Season 9/Legacy there are still several audio issues that exist and there has been no discussion or patch addressing any of those issues for a w...
You're definitely gonna get upvoted for formatting alone if nothing else lol. We DON'T have an audio expert in this AMA but I'm going to talk to the team to get the best answer we can. Will update this comment.
EDIT: okay yeah so Chad the game director posted a very detailed response: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/nfpbzb/official_apex_legends_legacy_update_ama_with_the/gymup0e/
I'll tell you right now that when I spammed our director-level monetization guy about attending this, he was pretty hesitant (which is fair, given how spicy that topic can get on Reddit).
However, he has agreed to respond to a few questions so long as I team up with him and have his back, so if you post those questions in reply to this comment here I can pass on his thoughts through my account.
And comments are locked. Thanks so much for the great questions, Legends.
In today’s AMA we’ve assembled some of the lead devs from the team that brought you Arenas, Valkyrie, the Bocek, the infectious Olympus update, and all the other good stuff in Apex Legends: Legacy.
Today's AMA officially opens at 4:30pm PT and runs until 6:00pm PT.
Got questions? Hit us.
Below is the list of devs participating in today’s AMA, along with their area of focus. Feel free to point specific questions at any of us by tagging us.
u/DanielZKlein - Lead Game Designer (Legends)
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Knowing respawn anything fun they will take away
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